Below is a collection of sites that offer suggestions as to great SF literature and film.
Best-of Collections
A few popular “The Year’s Best” collections in English, although predominantly including Anglophone writers, are those edited by:
A few lists recommending “must read” SF novels
- Abebooks (in chronological order)
- Best SF
- Dark Roasted Blend
- NPR’s Top 100 SF & Fantasy Books
- Ranker
- Recs for Chinese sf
- Recs for French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish sf
- Recs for Japanese sf
- 21 Best Space Opera Novels
- Author Jeffrey Carver’s list of SFF recommendations (includes written works for new and ambitious readers, Nebula Award winners, omelette Nebula and Hugo Awards list, short fiction, film and video, excellent resources, writing help resources, books and workshops on writing, and further reading lists)
A few lists recommending “must watch” SF filmed work
- IGN’s “Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Shows”
- IMDb (all)
- IMDb (international)
- Rotten Tomatoes’ “150 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time”
- Boston.com’s TV “top 50 list”
- Flickchart (all-time best SF movie list from interactive website)
More sites with “Top/Best Of’s” lists
- ArtForge’s list “Top Sci-Fi”
- GoodRead’s “Best Science Fiction” list
- ISFDB’s Top 100 Lists (lists for more recently-updated resources included)
- Solar Guard’s list of 1950’s SF TV site and discussion page
Other lists with specific recommendations
- A list recommending “must read” SF short stories/novellas
- A list recommending the 23 Best Non-English Sci Fi Books
- A list recommending the 23 Best SF Books by Female Authors
- A list recommending the 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
- A list recommending 150 Essential Sci-Fi Movies to Watch Now
Some sites that review recent SF releases
- The New York Review of SF
- Worlds Without End
- ScienceFiction.com (features articles on movies, TV series, comics, video games, books, and science and tech in real life!)